Newcomer wants to Knox 40-year incumbent out of office

Michael Hammond has been supervisor since 1973, when he was 30. Now he’s 70 and looking for another two years in office, which would when completed make his tenure longer than famed Albany Mayor Erastus Corning.

The Democrat has turned aside scores of opponents over the years, but this time Pamela Fenoff hopes to break that long winning streak. A member of the Independence Party, she has the Republican, Indep

Pamela Fenoff

endence and Conservative lines.

In fact, it was Hammond’s longevity that Fenoff said compelled her to run. Fenoff, 49, works as office manager for Krieger Solutions in Duanesburg.

“I found out Mike has been in office for 40 years,” Fenoff said. She had been considering a run for the Town Board and decided someone new was needed in the supervisor’s seat.

Hammond, 70, a retired teacher who owns Mountain Wood Shop, said he is still actively making improvements in town.

“I do the things the people want me to do,” he said of the secret to his longevity. “That’s the way I see it.”